A team of renowned criminal lawyers, including  Dayan Krishnan, is leading the team the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) prosecution in Delhi against the 26/11 mastermind Tahawwur Rana. Krishnan was the prosecutor in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case in 2012. 

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Here's all you need to know about him: 

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An expert of extraditions 

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Having decades of experience in leading for prosecution, Krishnan is considered an expert in extradition law. He was the lawyer who led India’s arguments for the extradition of Rana in a US court. 

Krishnan was also the special public prosecutor in the proceedings for the extradition of David Coleman Headley, the Lashkar-e-Taiba member who played a key role in the terrorist attack of 2008 in India's Mumbai. 

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The lawyer was also the special counsel for the CBI in the extradition of Ravi Shankaran, a retired Navy officer accused of leaking classified information, from the UK. 

Further, Krishnan was also a special counsel of CBI, on behalf of the Indian government, in the extradition of Raymond Varley from the UK. Varley was the accused in the Goa child abuse scandal. 

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Educational background 

Krishnan graduated from the National Law School of India University. In 2014, he was designated as a senior advocate by the Delhi High Court. 

The most prominent cases 

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Among the major cases that he has handled as a prosecutor is the 2001 Parliament attack case and the gruesome 2012 Nirbhaya case accused of which were hung to death. 

(With inputs from agencies)